The week in higher education - 26 June 2014
The president of the Oxford Union will face no further action from police after he was arrested on suspicion of raping a fellow student and attacking another, The Daily Telegraph reported on 19 June...
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Tales of continental drift
The globalised academy offers ambitious scholars a plethora of opportunities, yet expat life is nothing if not unpredictable
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Turing party?
In what he described as “a major research breakthrough”, our Head of Computer Science, Professor L. E. D. Scart, has raised serious doubts about our vice-chancellor.Professor Scart told our reporter...
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Daniel Binney, George McKay, Roger Morgan, Vanessa Pupavac and Sharon Wheeler...
A weekly look over the shoulders of our scholar-reviewers
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Ireland and the Irish in Interwar England, by Mo Moulton
Niamh Gallagher relishes a stimulating and valuable study of a neglected period of history
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Just Freedom: A Moral Compass for a Complex World, by Philip Pettit
John Shand on a philosopher’s idea of freedom as non-domination
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Ruling Russia: Authoritarianism from the Revolution to Putin, by William Zimmerman
Lara Cook on a lively history of an enduring style of government and the prospect of democracy
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The Athletic Trap: How College Sports Corrupted the Academy, by Howard L. Nixon II
John Harris on an analysis that advocates change in how universities manage sport programmes
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Economics of the 1%: How Mainstream Economics Serves the Rich, Obscures Reality and Distorts Policy, by John F. Weeks
Ioana Negru on a work that challenges macroeconomic assumptions and policies after the financial crisis
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Showcasing the Great Experiment: Cultural Diplomacy and Western Visitors to the Soviet Union 1921-1941, by Michael David-Fox
Newly-opened archives reveal celebrity guests’ true thoughts on Stalinism, says Yvonne Howell
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Skilled graduate jobs are harder to find
The proportion of graduates in high-skilled employment has fallen since 2008, according to an analysis of Labour Force Survey data
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Higher Education Academy ‘failing to win over leaders’
Body has impressed rank and file but must convince institution heads of the impact and value of its work, says report
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Sheffield union questions pay-review process for professors
Union claims that meetings to assess pay rises spend less than a minute per professor on average
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‘Phantom’ book discovered in Queen’s research portal
Finding at Queen’s University Belfast follows criticism of pro vice-chancellor for citing an unpublished work
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Refugees from Syria excluded from Lebanese universities
Lebanon is failing to enable displaced scholars and students to continue their work and education, says report